China's Antiaddiction Policy
Isn't Likely To Roil Net Gamers

BEIJING -- Chinese regulators are toning down a policy aimed at reducing the time youths play online games -- a move that should help China's gaming companies have another year of stellar growth.

The General Administration of Press and Publication has been working with seven major Chinese gaming companies to test a so-called antiaddiction system intended to contain daily play within five consecutive hours. The system was rolled out in August on an experimental basis, after parents expressed concern that gaming was creating...